What happend on 7th June

06.06
08.06
1866

1800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around St-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.

1863

Mexico City is captured by French troops.

1862

The United States and United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.

1832

Asian cholera brought to Quebec by Irish immigrants kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.

1800

David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.

1776

Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. See United States Declaration of Independence.

1692

Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1600 people are killed and 3000 are seriously injured.

1654

Louis XIV is crowned King of France.

1494

Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.

1099

The Siege of Jerusalem begins.